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I mean… yes and no. Pretty much exactly the same voted for Trump this time compared to last time. 11 million less people voted for Harris compared to Biden in 2020. This was a lot of things, but it was much less of a GOP victory than it was a DNC loss. Once again: world fucking champions at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
But Biden is a man. I wonder how many of the 11 million opted out for just that difference alone. Hard to ever know, I guess.
Back when Hilary was running, I was involved in a political discussion with the two older guys I was on the job with. One man said to the other, why do you think she can't be a good president? The other man yelled "She's a goddamn woman!"
These people exist in numbers.
Yep. It is all too common. What is really weird is how many women I heard give really stupid reasons not to vote for Hillary - and then voted third party or actually for diaper donnie.
It's not just men that believe this either. Internalised misogyny is still a thing, unfortunately.
Yeah, that’s the other thing that baffles me. Like, don’t get me wrong - I wish it wasn’t the case, but the American electorate is clearly racist and sexist. So what does the DNC do? Nominate (or really, designate) a non-white lady. 🤦♂️
I totally get this. I wonder if they will be this fucking stupid the next time around, assuming we still have elections.
When Biden was not stepping down at first, I was like, well, we are fucked. Then he selected her and I thought the same. Then she came out of the gate and it was like the dawning of a new day, especially when she picked Walz and my hopes went up. Then they started hemming Walz in, and she started tacking to the right?
For real they should have just straight up picked Walz as the nominee. He was WAY better at connecting with normal people than Harris was. And he was a white dude, which in America, translates to “a viable candidate”.